Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice by Hayden Hunt

Author:Hayden Hunt [Hunt, Hayden]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-10-03T23:00:00+00:00

12

Luke

I drove to the hospital as fast as I could while still being safe. There were still kids lining the sidewalks and I had to keep a careful eye out, but we got there fairly quickly.

Normally, the hospital depressed me. Not just because I had to see Sabrina here in her worst condition. They’d actually always depressed me. They just gave off a negative vibe.

But tonight was different. Tonight, walking into the hospital filled me with warmth. Maybe it was the fact that my sister may be improving, maybe it was the Halloween decorations that littered the hall, maybe a bit of both. But right now, I felt good. Better than I could ever remember feeling in my life.

We got our visitor tags and ran to Sabrina’s room. When we got there, I could feel butterflies overtaking my stomach. Because I wasn’t staring at Sabrina’s limp body…

She had her head turned toward the window, and she was elevated only slightly in bed. Not sitting up, but clearly not laying down.

“Mommy!” Jake yelled as he sprinted toward her and wrapped his tiny arms around her.

“H-hi, b-baby,” she said slowly and in a voice that wasn’t her own. Her words were slurred so much I wouldn’t have recognized her voice on a recording.

But I believe that was to be expected. After being out for as long as she had, the doctors had always said she would need intense physical therapy.

But she recognized Jake. She recognized her son. She still knew us, and that was what mattered. Whatever damage had been done, she was still in there somewhere. And we’d do everything we could to bring her back to her former state.

“Hey, sis,” I said, walking over and grabbing her hand. She smiled at me, but didn’t speak. She didn’t have to.

Doctor Rushmore came in right after, a grin on his face.

“Looks like we’ve got the whole family here now, don’t we, Sabrina?”

She nodded slowly, but her facial expression showed more enthusiasm than I’d ever seen on someone’s face.

“Well, as you can see, your sister is awake and aware of her surroundings. It’s a shock to all of us, but we couldn’t be happier about it.”

“Mommy can come home with me now?” Jake said excitedly.

“Well, not quite, bud,” Doctor Rushmore continued. “After the damage that has been done in her brain, she is going to pretty much have to relearn everything she once knew how to do. It’s going to be a rough road. She’s going to have to learn how to speak fluently, how to grasp things, how to write properly, how to walk… And, to be completely frank, some of these goals may never be reached. Or, at least, not for many years. Not to discourage you, I’ve seen patients with severe traumatic brain injury walk again and regain their lives again. But we are looking at years of very intensive physical therapy.”

“Right, of course.” I nodded. I looked over at my sister but her expression hadn’t changed. She still looked as excited as ever to be seeing me and her son.

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